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Table 3 PfCRT-K76T mutation and pfk13-propeller polymorphisms per site and per study

From: Biennial surveillance of Plasmodium falciparum anti-malarial drug resistance markers in Democratic Republic of Congo, 2017 and 2019

Site

pfcrt-K72T

pfk13mutation

2017-study

n/N (%)

2019-study

n/N (%)

p-value

2017-study

2019-study

Bolenge

18/56 (32.1)

17/76 (22.4)

0.21

A578S

 

Fungurume

1/65 (1.5)

1/69 (1.4)

0.99

A578S

A578S

Kalima

3/66 (4.5)

4/81 (4.9)

0.99

 

Kamina

8/71 (11.3)

6/81 (7.4)

0.42

A569T

D584E, V568M

Karawa

6/54 (11.1)

11/83 (13.3)

0.71

D584E

Katana

68/76 (89.5)

64/76 (84.2)

0.33

M472I

S576T

Kinshasa

78/160 (48.8)

34/104 (32.7)

0.01

A578S

A578S, M472L

Kisangani

4/85 (4.7)

6/95 (6.3)

0.89

A578S

D516A

Lubumbashi

1/56 (1.8)

5/82 (6.1)

0.43

Y588C

Vanga

31/75 (41.3)

41/86 (47.7)

0.42

V534A

 

Total

218/764 (28.5)

189/833 (22.7)

0.007

  
  1. Pf: Plasmodium falciparum, n: Number of isolates carrying K76T, N: Number of isolates successfully sequenced